Re: The French Spirits Forum- Cognac, Armagnac, Calvados

Exactly, which is why I told them to jam their price guide.
Well the price I paid for the lot is what the chabot xo retails for today, not even considering its age, so everything else is free in my mind.

Re: The French Spirits Forum- Cognac, Armagnac, Calvados

Originally Posted by tanstaafl2

Seems like this is now gone from K&L wines?

May have a chance to place an order with K&L which I usually can't do due to my location and was thinking of trying an Armagnac since so little is available locally With this one seemingly gone is there another recommendation from what is available without drifting too far beyond $100? Pellehaut 1987 perhaps? Or the younger 1998 Baraillon?

Re: The French Spirits Forum- Cognac, Armagnac, Calvados

K&L doesn't ship to Georgia so was planning to ship to a connection in Alabama. Turns out Alabama is on the shipping list only for wine. Pretty much nothing in the southeast can receive liquor shipments from K&L so that idea has now gone pretty much by the boards!

That yella whiskey runnin' down my throat like honey dew vine water and I took another slash…

Re: The French Spirits Forum- Cognac, Armagnac, Calvados

I tried some of this, courtesy of my step-father, this week. Neither of us knows much about Armagnac, but it was gifted to him from one of his friends who graduated undergrad w/ him in '65. My wife (who generally likes wine, but not bourbon) said that it smelled more like something I'd like than she would. I'm not sure how to describe the taste other than that it is subtle, not spicy, gently sweet and grapey, w/ a color a bit like apple juice. Definitely good, though I'd probably have a tough time justifying a purchase of it myself.

Re: The French Spirits Forum- Cognac, Armagnac, Calvados

All the discussion here of Armagnac led me to pick a couple from K&L thanks to the kind assistance of a fellow SBer. Hope to get into these soon to see how it compares to other cognac and brandy. Armagnac.JPG

Chateau de Pellehaut 1996 and Darroze 20. Will it be the new whiskey??? Hmm...

That yella whiskey runnin' down my throat like honey dew vine water and I took another slash…

Re: The French Spirits Forum- Cognac, Armagnac, Calvados

Originally Posted by Eskwar

I tried some of this, courtesy of my step-father, this week. Neither of us knows much about Armagnac, but it was gifted to him from one of his friends who graduated undergrad w/ him in '65. My wife (who generally likes wine, but not bourbon) said that it smelled more like something I'd like than she would. I'm not sure how to describe the taste other than that it is subtle, not spicy, gently sweet and grapey, w/ a color a bit like apple juice. Definitely good, though I'd probably have a tough time justifying a purchase of it myself.

Re: The French Spirits Forum- Cognac, Armagnac, Calvados

Drinking some of the Chabot XO armagnac I bought at auction recently, golly, geez, wowza! This stuff is sublime, such a rich and complex nose, quite easy to forgot the low proof. Starts off very anise forward and almost orange then opens into a very rich and tannic tokay like sweetness, I can just sniff this forever.
Hope I find another bottle of this vintage, I dont like my chances.